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Now that gen 7's fire starter is pretty much confirmed, it strengthen's the theory that the fire starters are based on the Chinese zodiac.

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Why all of them are bipedal is unclear, but I assume it's because the Chinese zodiac animals are often depicted in anthropomorphic form. Perhaps Game Freak wants to complete this list.

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If this is really their intention, we might get to see two legged serpents or horses for fire starter Pokémon

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The fire starters for sure follow the Chinese zodiac that because for 6 generations they followed this path (and now the same for the 7th one) but I really wanted a Pokémon non bipedal....